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发帖数: 23666 | 1 His name is in the history books of football and in the joy of the fans who
always cheered his name. Pippo Inzaghi says goodbye to Milan with an open le
tter to the club.
Everything that you’re about to read is secondary to this. The first and fo
remost thing that I want you all to know is this: I played and won for Us. P
laying and winning without sharing the emotion is nothing, but you and me, u
s, we did it all together. We hoped, suffered, celebrated and rejoiced. We l
ifted cups and won titles together in our hearts. We have always been on the
same wavelength. And no one can ever take that away from us.
Dear Milan fans, when I got to the club you didn’t know this. I was in a ho
tel room and couldn’t leave so as not to compromise the negotiations betwee
n Juventus and Milan. The first weeks, the first months, you studied me and
we watched each other.Then we fell in love. That evening against Torino. You
were angry, things weren’t going well on the field and you were in silence
. I started warming up and the roar you gave me made us win the match, pushi
ng us into the Champions League and towards that final in Manchester. These
memories as well as all those who consoled me in the difficult months of 200
5 and 2008 and the shivers down the spine that we felt on 9 August 2006, my
birthday against Stella Rossa will always be in the bedside drawer of my hea
rt.
Athens. Football given to us for one reason: me and you, us, we wanted is so
strongly, so intensely that it had to be given. Of course the reality went
beyond our wildest dreams. 2 goals, against Liverpool, 2 years after Istanbu
l, the seventh Champions League. Destiny gave us more than we had dared hope
.
Today I would like to thank with affection and emotion President Berlusconi
and Adriano Galliani: their electricity and their ability to transmit emotio
n for me made me stronger and pushed me beyond any and all limits. But I als
o want to give a thought to those who, from the youth sector to all the wond
erful clubs that I’ve played for, helped me to become the man and the playe
r that I am today.
Thank you Milan, thank you football. Allow me to call you my own, the people
of Via Turati, from Milanello to the offices to the phone operators to the
warehouse workers, the physiotherapists, the doctors, the cooks, from the st
adium to the changing room. All the people who saw me on Sunday with the sho
rt sleeves and shook with the hope that I would score. Ciao Carlo Ancelotti,
I won a lot with you, ciao to my wonderful fans who followed me the world o
ver with affection and passion. Ciao to my team mates from today and yesterd
ay.
Last of all allow me to thank my family, my mother Marina, my father Giancar
lo, Simone and Tommaso. I never would have got here without you. You’re my
strength. My dear Milan, I’m leaving you only because that the way life goe
s. The moment has come and you know it as well.
Ciao and thanks to everyone,
Pippo Inzaghi. |
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